Wednesday, 19 March 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty (1) if diesel engine generating plant and batteries were removed from captured German U-boats before these vessels were sunk; (2) how many...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware of the problem in regard to navigation caused by the presence of the wreck of H.M.S. Bulwark in the Medway; that the situation is...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if all intending officers have to enter the R.N. as ratings.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that a commander of a motor minesweeper was court-martialled, dismissed his ship and severely reprimanded for sitting down to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether, in view of the increasing importance in the R.N. of engineering in all branches concerned with ships, gunnery, equipment and aircraft,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he has any further statement to make about the Report on the loss of H.M.S. "Glorious" and the attendant destroyers H.M.S. "Acasta" and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many ex-trainees who have completed courses in Government training centres as bricklayers, plasterers, tilers, carpenters and joiners, wood...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will make a statement upon the future use of Crail Naval Airforce Station.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty in what circumstances and for what offences the writing of lines is a prescribed punishment aboard His Majesty's ships or in R.N. establishments...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware of the shortage of wood, particularly larch and oak, in the boat-building industry, which is holding up the construction of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many persons employed in the Royal dockyards have left their employment during the last six months on reaching the age of 65 years; and...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he will consider putting the telephone kiosk in the Dorchester Post Office outside in the street instead of in the shop where it is only available...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applicants there are on the waiting list for the installation of telephones in the Orpington area; and if he will take immediate steps to meet...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what quantity of air mail was carried by British and U.S. aircraft, respectively, from this country to North America during 1946.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many temporary postmen and postwomen have been dismissed in the Henley area; and how many years it is necessary to serve to qualify for a gratuity.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General why Mr. Sam Healam, a disabled 53 years old ex-Serviceman of the 1914–18 war, who has been full-time postman at Drighlington, near Bradford, for the...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how soon the late collections which were cancelled because of the electricity cuts will be restored.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if, in view of the fact that the Post Office surplus was £30,000,000 and the cost of the reduction of ½d. on the postage of all letters would he...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the delays that are taking place in the arrival of food parcels in Germany and Austria; and what steps are being taken to expedite...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether, in view of the fact that the Third Programme is inaudible in the Hastings area, he will consider the reinstatement of the local relay station on...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he has considered a report from the Institution of Electrical Engineers regarding interference with radio reception caused by unscreened domestic and...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether arrangements will now be made to reinstate the television programmes in the mornings and afternoons for testing purposes for the benefit of...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many broadcasts have been given over the British radio during Children's Hour this year under the auspices of the Ministry of Health; and if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make a statement regarding the release of electricians from the R.A.F.
asked the Secretary of State for Air when he will be able to give a decision with regard to the Benson bypass; and how long this matter has been under consideration between his Department and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what steps have been, or are being, taken to decrease sleeping, messing and other transit facilities which were, in February of this year, available on Luqa...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will give an explanation of the incorrect weather forecasts given by his Department during the recent cold spell.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if speedier notification can be given to serving applicants for permanent commissions in the R.A.F. whose applications are unsuccessful, in order that men who...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why permission was given for the Blankney hunt ball to be held at Cranwell; and between what hours and by what authority was the college front floodlit.
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the improved arrangements for recruiting and training civilians to replace R.A.F. meteorologists have now been made; and whether it is yet...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the terms of service for cadets joining the A.T.C.; and whether any distinctions gained during such...
asked the Prime Minister whether a despatch has yet been received from the Commander-in-Chief, A.A. Command, on the defence of Great Britain against attack from the air during the war; and when...
asked the Prime Minister whether Field-Marshal Montgomery had the permission of the Government to make a speech on 15th March containing his views on the political and economic situation; and...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will state the total value of equipment and the numbers of tanks, aircraft and field guns handed over by the British and Indian Forces to the Dutch Forces in...
asked the Minister of Defence, in connection with the 748 men of the three Services who are serving sentences for desertion, how many of these sentences have been decreased subsequent to review;...
asked the Minister of Defence whether he has co-ordinated the local overseas allowances made to officers and other ranks in each of the Fighting Services; and what local overseas allowance is...
asked the Minister of Food to what extent the export duty on tea, recently levied by the Government of Ceylon, will fall on the British consumer or taxpayer.
asked the Minister of Food how many forms have to be completed weekly, in respect of each employee, by an employer of building labour who provides a service of packed meals.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the number of times since the inception of the service that B.S.A.A. aircraft flying between the United Kingdom and Venezuela...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the application of the Civil Aviation Act to the Channel Islands.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if it is proposed to publish the full reports of investigations into accidents to all categories of civil registered aircraft...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he is aware that exports of coal from Poland in 1946 totalled 15,003,000 tons, including 2,180,000 tons to Sweden, 596.000 tons to France,...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster why the house of Dr. Adolf Pohlmann, 26, Wallmodenstreet, Kleefeld, was requisitioned in December; whether he is aware that no suitable acommodation...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many persons employed by the Control Commission for Germany receive only part salary from his Department and are known to be in receipt of...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is satisfied that the amount of penicillin supplied from official sources to the British zone of Germany, namely, 95 mega-units a month,...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of the supplies of consumer goods needed to work the points system for German miners comes from imports; and what proportion is...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give particulars of the allowed costs of repatriation from the Rhineland to the United Kingdom via the Hamburg-Harwich and the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he is aware of the delays that are taking place in the arrival of food parcels in Germany and Austria; and what steps are being taken to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons and in what trades are now unemployed in Trinidad; how much of this unemployment it is estimated is due to the cessation of military...
Motion made, and Question put, That notwithstanding anything in paragraphs (2) and (4) of Standing Order No. 14, the Proceedings on Consideration of the Second and Subsequent Resolutions reported...
[2ND ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £780,434,000, be granted to His Majesty, on account, for or towards defraying the charges for the following Civil and Revenue...
3.42 p.m.
2. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £3,134,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
3. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £66,881, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
4. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1947, for sundry...
5. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding.£58,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
6. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1947,...
7. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding. £87,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
8. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £12,631, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
9. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1947,...
10. "That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £2,400,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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